In This
Issue
World
Communion Sunday - Oct. 7
Blessing of the Animals
Family
Art Night
From
the Children's Center
Children's Church at the Zoo
On Stage at Madison Square
Help
Make the World a Better Place in just 21
Days
SAMM
Shelter
United
for Peace and Justice
Abitibi
Paper Retriever Recycling Program
MSPC Book Group
Have an old guitar
sitting around?
Holy Days Craft Fair
October Birthdays
Important Dates
Wednesday,
October 3
5:30 pm Bible Study
6:00 pm Dinner
6:30 pm Bell Choir
7:00 pm MSPC Writer’s Group
7:15 pm Choir Rehearsal
Thursday, October 4
7:00 pm Beginning Bell Class
SUNDAY, October 7
Youth Sunday School, 9:30 am
Worship/World Communion 10:50 am
Blessing of the Animals, 6:00 pm
Tuesday, October 9
12:05 pm Art Series
1:30 pm Rebecca/Sarah Circle
-Parlor
Wednesday, October
10
5:30 p.m. Bible Study
6:00 Dinner
6:30 Bell Choir Practice
7:15 p.m. Choir Rehearsal
Thursday, October 11
7:00 pm Beginning Bell Class
SUNDAY,
October 14
Sunday School, 9:30 am
Worship 10:50 am
Wednesday, October
17
5:30 pm Bible Study
6:00 pm Dinner
6:30 Bell Choir Practice
7:15 pm Choir Rehearsal
Thursday, October 18
7:00 pm Beginning Bell Class
SUNDAY, October 21
Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.
Worship 10:50 a.m.
Tuesday,
October 23
7:00 pm Session Meeting
Wednesday, October 24
5:30 pm Bible Study
6:00 pm Dinner
6:30 pm Bell Choir Practice
7:15 pm Choir Rehearsal
Thursday, October 25
7:00 pm Beginning Bell Class
Saturday, October 27
6:30 – 9:30 pm Family Art Night
SUNDAY, October 28
Sunday School, 9:30 am
Worship 10:50 am.
Wednesday, October 31
5:30 pm Bible Study
6:00 pm Dinner
6:30 pm Bell Choir Practice
7:15 pm Choir Rehearsal
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World Communion Sunday – celebrated every
year on the first Sunday in October – is
a very special day at Madison Square. The day has
taken on
new relevancy and depth of meaning in a world where globalization often has undermined
peace and justice – and in a time when fear divides the
peoples of God's earth. On this day we celebrate our oneness in Christ,
the Prince of Peace, in the midst of the world we are called to serve – a
world
ever more in need of peacemaking.
The children and youth will help lead this service.
Special breads and juices from around the world
will be used in communion and we will sing and
hear stories from around the world. Also on this
Sunday we will collect the Peacemaking Offering,
a special offering received to support peacemaking
initiatives and peace education throughout the church. 25 percent of the Offering
received will be given to a local group working for peace, 25 percent will
be given to the presbytery and synod (our regional governing bodies), and 50
percent be used by the national church.
Sunday October 7
6 p.m.
Madison Square Park
Across from the church
Bring your pets for a blessing!
Young and old are invited to bring their dogs,
cats, birds, lizards, rabbits, potbellied pigs,
fish, tortoises and turtles and other well behaved
pets.
On October 27 from 6:30 –- 9:30 we would
like to have Family Art Night. We would love
for some of the artists and artisans in our VERY
talented church to design a small project in their
medium that can be done by a family or by children
with a parent’s assistance in a 15 minute
or so time frame. If you would like to help
us with this or if you have questions (or answers,
we can always use answers) please contact:
Pastor Kenny: KennyD@msqpc.org or
226-6254
Or Ms. Linda: LMCharlton@aol.com
Thanks!!
Greetings from the children’s center:
The children center has kicked off to a great
start this school year. We are full in all
our classrooms. Thank God for our waiting
list, that helped fill many of our
vacancies once children left for school in August. We also did our transitions
to the next classroom which brought in many new students.
We are still getting to know all our new families. Having
a great partnership with our families is very important. Some
of our new families attend Madison Square church. It’s
exciting to know that not only do they worship
at MSPC but they also attend the children’s
center.
Thanks to all our families, past and present that
continues to share news of our great program with
friends and families. Our waiting list continues
to grow because of this networking.
Beautiful Junk items needed:
Empty soda bottles (20 oz or smaller)
Play clothes, costume jewelry, hats, shoes
Formula containers, plastic containers (small
to medium) yarn, scrap material, collage items,
empty food containers (for home center) etc….
Thank you for your continued prayers, God is listening!!!
Olga
Sunday, October 14
9 to Noon
Picnic at the park to follow
Children and the young at heart are invited to
join us at the zoo for a morning of creation stories
from different religions and cultures.
More detailed information will be out soon. Contact
Pastor Kenny with any questions and to let us know
you are coming, 226.6254.
on
stage at Madison Square
Tim Altenhoff, tenor
Tuesday,October 9, 2007
12:05 p.m.
Madison Square Presbyterian Church
319 Camden, San Antonio TX 78215
(210) 226-6254 or www.msqpc.org
Lunch will be available after the performance—$5 per person
Upcoming Events:
November 13: Peter Gross, “lunch
with Rachmaninoff”
December 11: Clyde
Hudgins
Help
Make the World a Better Place in just 21 Days
Dear friends, our government is bringing over
20 Afghani students for one month, 10/20 to 11/21,
to expose them to the hospitality and heart of
America.
This is the LINC program, “Linking individuals, knowledge and cultures”
I am looking for host families for these high
school students. As a host family, you would
be asked to provide a bed for your student, provide
3 meals a day, and help ensure your student takes
part in all scheduled activities. We are
hoping host families can provide carpool one day
a week each of those 4 weeks. Let me know
if you’d be interested in this experience.
Thanks! Rebecca
SAMM
SHELTER
SAMM SHELTER really needs your renewed support!
We need one male volunteer and two female volunteers
to work for two hours on the fourth Friday of each
month.
We also need: men's white socks, white towels, any clothing new or used, children's
items, shampoo, spray deodorant, and any small bottles of toilet items you might
find in your hotel or motel.
Deliver them to SAMM [Frio and Commerce Sts. or
bring them to the Church and leave them in SAMM
basket near the kitchen.
Call Jim Berbiglia at 643-8369 to volunteer or
donate. This is one of our many MSQPC mission programs
and budget items.
invites you to participate in the NATIONAL MOBILIZATION
TO END THE WAR IN IRAQ.
Save the date of Saturday, October 27! In the
meantime:
...Wear an anti-war button or bumper sticker;
...Put an anti-war sign in your yard;
...Call a talk show or write a letter to the Express-News;
...Call your Senators and Representatives;
...Let others know of your opposition to the war
in Iraq.
More info at www.unitedforpeaceandjustice.org or BerbigliaJ@aol.com
[This is not a MSQPC or Presbyterian program]
Name a great fund-raising goal and chances are
it's among hundreds that these organizations are
already funding by collecting all types of clean,
dry paper from their community. Abitibi-Consolidated
Recycling Division provides this program and collection
service at no charge to each location. Bright green
and yellow containers - called Abitibi Paper Retrievers® -
are placed in highly visible, convenient areas
where residents can drop off their newspaper, magazines,
shopping catalogs and mail. Usually, the majority
of the paper is received from the surrounding neighborhoods.
Even areas that already provide curbside recycling
are successful in raising money by providing a
convenient place to drop off paper when families
know that your organization will benefit from their
donation.
We need all your: newspapers, magazines, shopping
catalogs, office & school papers, mail
Please do not include: plastic, glass, metals,
trash
The Retriever is located in the parking lot next
to storage shed.
Book Group Reading List for 2007
Oct. 5: My Name Is Red, Orhan Pamuk
Hosting: Thelma Nungesser
Nov. 2: Middlesex, Jeffrey Eugenides
Hosting: Katsy Murphy
Dec. 7: A Spot of Bother, Mark Haddon
Hosting: Betty Lynn Allen
Devine Redeemer Presbyterian Church is looking
for guitars (electric or acoustic) to use for
music lessons at House of Teens (an after school
program for teenagers). If
you have any information or would like to donate a guitar contact program director
Kristi Van Nostran, 253-720-2433.
Saturday, October 6, 2007
10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Free Admission
70 Vendors
Holy Trinity Presbyterian Church
16245 Nacogdoches
Rd.
one-half mile south of Loop 1604
Annual Fundraiser
for the Presbyterian Women of Holy Trinity.
1 – Kyle Wilson
2 – Stacy Malone
3 – Karyn Matson
4 – Matthew Stroud
5 – Beth Shaw- Meadow
6 – Sydney Hillegas & Cheryl Carney
9 – Charlotte Schaezler
10 – Garrick Herbert & Mary Kling
11 – Kathy Teal
13 – Emile Singh
14 – Rosemary Tatum, David Savage & Larry
Stallings
15 – Pat Wall
18 – Angela Papehmis
19 – Susan Scales
20 – Bob Allen, Andon Duran & Tom
Killion
21 – Jane Breland
22 – Kristen deVoogd
24 – George Werckle, Marlena Pape & Mary
Royalty
25 – Marilyn Goodwin
26 – Ryan Turner, Korey Hendrix & Christa
Berger
27 – Susannah Nicholson
28 – Nancy Kent
29 – Robert Green
31 – Nathan Shaw-Meadow |
